Kowloon Bay station

Kowloon Bay is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located between Choi Hung and Ngau Tau Kok stations in Kowloon East. The station was opened in 1979.

Kowloon Bay 九龍灣
MTR rapid transit station
Station Platform (2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	九龍灣
Simplified Chinese	九龙湾
Jyutping	Gau2lung4waan1
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiǔlóngwān
Literal meaning	Nine Dragons Bay
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǔlóngwān Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gáulùngwāan IPA [kɐw˧˥lʊŋ˩wan˥] Jyutping Gau2lung4waan1
General information
Location	Kwun Tong Road near Telford Gardens, Kowloon Bay Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°19′25″N 114°12′51″E
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Kwun Tong line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KOB
History
Opened	1 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-01)
Electrified	1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Choi Hung towards Whampoa Kwun Tong line Ngau Tau Kok towards Tiu Keng Leng
Track layout Legend to Choi Hung 1 2 to Ngau Tau Kok
Location Kowloon Bay Location within the MTR system

Kowloon Bay station is one of the five MTR stations on the Kwun Tong line located above ground level, and one of three to be elevated and open-air (the other two being Ngau Tau Kok and Kwun Tong). Due to difficulties in installing platform screen doors (PSDs) in above ground stations, the MTR decided not to install PSDs at this station, instead installing automatic platform gates (APGs) on the station's platforms in 2011. In 2011, the MTR also changed the hue of Kowloon Bay station from black to red.

The headquarters of the MTR Corporation and the depot for the Kwun Tong line are both located at this station. Also located above the depot is Telford Gardens, the first residential property to be developed by the MTR Corporation. Kowloon Bay station is connected to Telford Plaza, a shopping mall located next to Telford Gardens.

History

John Lok & Partners was chosen to construct the station and adjacent line sections.

Kowloon Bay station opened when the Kwun Tong line became operational on 1 October 1979.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

U2 Platforms	Platform 1	→      Kwun Tong line towards Tiu Keng Leng (Ngau Tau Kok) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	←      Kwun Tong line towards Whampoa (Choi Hung)
	Telford Plaza	Exit C
U1	Concourse	Exits, Telford Plaza, Telford Gardens
		Customer service, MTRshops
		Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
		"iCentre" free internet access
G	Depot	Exits, MTR Kowloon Bay Depot

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Entrances/exits

• A: MTR Headquarters Building
• B: Amoy Gardens
• C: Telford Plaza ^[2]

Gallery

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  Exterior of station (2021)
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  Platforms 1 and 2 (2021)
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  Exit A (2020)
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  Exit B with access to Telford Plaza on the right (2020)
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  Exit C (2020)
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  Free internet access in the station concourse (2021)
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  Station concourse (2020)
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  Both platforms (2014)
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  Platforms prior to the installation of half-height platform gates (2009)

References

1. "Kowloon Bay Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. "Kowloon Bay Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2014.